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Psalms 18:18

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Readings, Select;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Lots;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Deliver;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Prevent;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Calamity;   Day;   Prevent;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They confronted me in the day of my calamity,but the Lord was my support.
Hebrew Names Version
They came on me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
King James Version
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.
English Standard Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.
New Century Version
They attacked me at my time of trouble, but the Lord supported me.
Amplified Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.
New American Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, But the LORD was my support.
World English Bible
They came on me in the day of my calamity, But Yahweh was my support.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
Legacy Standard Bible
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,But Yahweh was my support.
Berean Standard Bible
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Contemporary English Version
On the day disaster struck, they came and attacked, but you defended me.
Complete Jewish Bible
he rescued me from my powerful enemy, from those who hated me, for they were stronger than I.
Darby Translation
They encountered me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
Easy-to-Read Version
They attacked me in my time of trouble, but the Lord was there to support me.
George Lamsa Translation
They confronted me in the day of my extremity, but the LORD was my deliverer.
Good News Translation
When I was in trouble, they attacked me, but the Lord protected me.
Lexham English Bible
They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.
Literal Translation
They went before my face in my day of calamity, but Jehovah was my support.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They preuented me in the tyme of my trouble, but ye LORDE was my defence.
American Standard Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.
Bible in Basic English
They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, and from them that hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
King James Version (1611)
They preuented me in the day of my calamitie: but the Lord was my stay.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They preuented me in the day of my trouble: but God was vnto me a sure stay.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against them.
English Revised Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He delyuerede me fro my strongeste enemyes; and fro hem that hatiden me, fro thei weren coumfortid on me.
Update Bible Version
They came on me in the day of my calamity; But Yahweh was my stay.
Webster's Bible Translation
They attacked me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
New King James Version
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support.
New Living Translation
They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress, but the Lord supported me.
New Life Bible
They stood against me in the day of my trouble. But the Lord was my strength.
New Revised Standard
They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the Lord was my support.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They confronted me, in the day of my necessity, Then became Yahweh my stay:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-19) They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
Revised Standard Version
They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay.
Young's Literal Translation
They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the Lord was my stay.

Contextual Overview

1

For the music director; by the Lord 's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.

He said: "I love you, Lord , my source of strength! 2 The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge. 3 I called to the Lord , who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies. 4 The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. 5 The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me. 6 In my distress I called to the Lord ; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. 7 The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry. 8 Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals. 9 He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet. 10 He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

me in: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Jeremiah 18:17, Obadiah 1:10-14, Zechariah 1:15

but: Psalms 46:1, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 46:11, 1 Samuel 30:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 21:3 - preventest Psalms 118:13 - General Psalms 119:56 - because

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
Genesis 18:3
He said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
Genesis 18:17
Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
Genesis 18:18
After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"
Genesis 18:26
So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake."
Genesis 26:4
I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.
Psalms 72:17
May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God!
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, " All the nations will be blessed in you ."
Galatians 3:14
in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They prevented me in the day of my calamity,.... Referring to the times of his distress in the garden and upon the cross; the time of his sufferings and death, which was a dark and cloudy day, as the word x used suggests, both in a literal and in a spiritual sense; and when the day and hour was come, fixed and determined by the will of God, then his enemies, though not before, met him, laid hold on him, were too mighty for him, condemned, crucified, and insulted him;

but the Lord was my stay; or staff, on whom he leaned, relied, and depended, believing he would help him; and by whom he was supported and upheld, Isaiah 42:1. The Targum is,

"the Word of the Lord was my stay.''

x ביום אידי "in the day of my cloudy calamity", Ainsworth; "nomen" איד "proprie signifient vaporem vel nubem, ut Gen. vii. 6. hinc per metaphoram transfertur ad obscuras ac terrificas calamitatum nebulas, Prov. i. 26.", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They prevented me - They anticipated me, or went before me. See the note at Psalms 18:5. The idea here is that his enemies came before him, or intercepted his way. They were in his path, ready to destroy him.

In the day of my calamity - In the day to which I now look back as the time of my special trial.

But the Lord was my stay - My support, or prop. That is, the Lord upheld me, and kept me from falling.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:18. They prevented me in the day of my calamity — They took advantage of the time in which I was least able to make head against them, and their attack was sudden and powerful. I should have been overthrown, but the Lord was my stay. He had been nearly exhausted by the fatigue of the day, when the giant availed himself of this advantage.


 
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